Homilies on the Book of the Revelation

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by  Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios

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HOMILIES on the
BOOK oft he REVELATION
Volume One
By ARCHIMANDRITE ATHANASIOS MITILINAIOS
Translation, Foreward and Notes by
Constantine Zalalas

“we need to begin our study, our reading, with prayer.
St. Isaac the Syrian says, ‘Do not try to come in touch with the mysteries of God and
the word of God without prayer. So, do not open Holy Scripture; do not start reading
without prayer, without asking God for His help. While praying say, ‘Lord, allow me
to sense; let me feel the power of Your words, the power that exists in Your words.’ You
must consider prayer as the key for your understanding of the deeper meaning of the
Scriptures.” (Chapter two)
+Geronda Athanasios
Homilies on the
Book of the Revelation
By Archimandrite Athanasios Mitilinaios
Translated by
Constantine Zalalas
Edited by
Eleftheria Kaimakliotis
Assistant Editor
Marie Eliades
Cover/Book Design
Demitrios Handelih
St. Nicodemos Publications
Bethlehem, PA 2009

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Table of Contents
13 Foreward by Constantine Zalalas
19 Introduction
31 Chapter 1. Revelation 1:1
Analysis of the Terms: revelation — must — soon
43 Chapter 2. Revelation 1: 1-4
The Beatitude of the Readers, Listeners, and Keepers of the Divine
Word — Greeting to the Seven Churches
55 Chapter 3. Revelation 1: 4-6
The One Who is and Who was — Grace and Peace from
the Holy Triune God
65 Chapter 4. Revelation 1: 4-7
The Three Offices of Christ and the Faithful:
Prophetic, Priestly and Royal
77 Chapter 5. Revelation 1: 7-9
The Vision of Daniel and Zachariah — I am the Alpha and the Omega
— Sharing in the Suffering and Gospel of the Cross
89 Chapter 6. Revelation 1: 9-11
The Patience and the Kingdom — About the Day of the Lord (Sunday)
101 Chapter 7. Revelation 1: 11-19
The Vision of the Seven Golden Lampstands - the Seven Stars
and the One Walking Among the Lampstands
113 Chapter 8. Revelation 1:20- 22
The Lampstands and the Seven Stars
127 Chapter 9. Revelation 2: 4-7
The First Love — the Threat of Falling — the Fight Against
Nicolaitanism
141 Chapter 10. Revelation 2: 7-9
Promises to the Angel of Ephesus — the Epistle to the Angel of Smyrna
— the Tribulation and Poverty of the Angel of Smyrna
155 Chapter 11. Revelation 2: 9-12
The Synagogue of Satan — the Persecution of the Church of Smyrna —
Promises to Her — Introduction to the Letter to the Bishop of Pergamos
167 Chapter 12. Revelation 2:12-18
To the Church of Smyrna — Pergamos
— Idolatry and Its Relationship to Satan
179 Chapter 13. Revelation 2:13-15
Balamatism — As An Ongoing Method of Corruption
of the Church and the People of God
193 Chapter 14. Revelation 2:17-20
Promises to the Victor in the Content of Pergamos
— Epistle to Thyatira — Praise — Criticism for the Woman Jezebel
207 Chapter 15. Revelation 2:21-24
Jezebel - The Self-Proclaimed Ilumined and Their Delusion
223 Chapter 16. Revelation 2: 24
Freemasonry — The Depths of Satan
237 Chapter 17. Revelation 2:24-25
Salvation Belongs to the Remnant of the Faithful —
What is Meant by Paradosis of the Church
251 Chapter 18. Revelation 2:26-29 & 3:1-2
The Fifth Epistle to the Bishop of Sardis — Introduction —
Superficial Piety - The Need for Vigilance